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Product News

New axlebox design for the railway freight mar‍ket

SKF has developed a new design for axleboxes to help customers reduce weight and improve the performance of bogies while reducing the environmental [...]

Axleboxes,Railways,

Product News

More power from smaller motors

A new high-performance two-piece polymer cage pushes SKF’s Hybrid deep groove ball bearing into new limits and gives more flexibility in the design [...]

Deep groove ball bearings,Hybrid bearings,Railways,

Sustainability

Bearing remanufacturing cuts costs and CO2

Bearing remanufacturing plays an essential role in the global railway industry. The benefits are many, including shorter stops, faster overhaul [...]

Bearing life,Bearings,Circular economy,Digitization,Maintenance,Railways,Remanufacturing services,Sustainability,

Digital Technology

Testing towards more effective maintenance of Sydney’s railway

Responsible for maintaining the bulk of Sydney’s passenger rail fleet, engineering business Downer Rail & Transit Systems has recently been [...]

Bearing life,Digital Technology,Railways,

Industry

Dutch railway bridge gets a lift from new bearings

A railway bridge in the Netherlands needed new bearings on a number of wheels in the lifting mechanism in order to meet railway safety requirements. [...]

Railways,Seals,Spherical roller bearings,

Digital Technology

Putting condition monitoring firmly on the rails

Britain’s largest train operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), has installed a condition monitoring system developed by SKF to help avoid [...]

Condition monitoring,Railways,Reliability,

Rolling Knowledge

SKF Rolling Knowledge webinars

Maintenance interval extension for railway wheel-set bearings

Depending on railway gauge, wheel diameter and axle load, wheelsets can have different arrangements and designs. As these systems are critical for [...]

Bearings,Maintenance,Railways,SKFstronger,

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